I'm creating a new distro. I'm currently working on remastering antiX Linux and finding a host. Given that so many of you have remastered and shared Puppy Linux, I figured you'd be able to advise me. I've read that I need a software license for a new distro. What licenses (in addition to GPL) does P...

I'm starting a new Linux distro, and I'm looking for suggestions on where to host big ISO files. Since so many of you like to remaster your setups and share them with everyone else, I figured you'd have some suggestions. Finding a host for a normal web site is easy enough and cheap enough. But even ...

hi, i'm an antix fan as well. have you used any of the dpups? they use the same superior debian repo's plus puppy's superior packages and repo's.. I haven't tried any of the dpups. Can you use Synaptic in dpup? Can you use ANY Debian package with dpup? Why isn't dpup the standard Puppy Linux? Full ...

What questions did Lucid ask you? http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy51 I'm referring to the boot-up questions asking about the time zone, keyboard, mouse, etc. That said, I'm glad to see that the last few versions of Puppy Linux have begun automating more of the process as other distros do. These bo...

I bought a newer used computer last week with a 3.4 GHz Pentium D processor and 1 GB of RAM. I'm trying out various heavyweight distros by temporarily adopting them as my main distro. Believe it or not, I think the Puppy Linux desktop is more user-friendly than the Linux Mint desktop. While both off...

What default desktop environment does Puppy Linux use? What gives Puppy Linux its clickable and movable icons on the screen? Is it the ROX desktop or ROX Pinboard? In antiX Linux, I changed the configuration to give me the Rox Pinboard desktop environment so that I get the clickable and movable icon...

Puppy Linux and antiX Linux have similar hardware requirements as Windows 98. An even lighter distro like TinyCore could work on some Windows 95 era computers. Ubuntu has similar hardware requirements as Windows XP. Are there any distros out there that have caught up to Windows Vista in terms of har...

The default GRUB installation option in Puppy Linux is the boot partition rather than MBR. From my experience, installing GRUB to the boot partition works for my two old desktop computers (2000 and 2001 vintage) but does NOT work for my newer laptop (2006 vintage). For my laptop, I find that GRUB on...

How do you determine if a certain item of hardware (such as a wireless card, scanner, printer, etc.) is supported by a certain version of a certain distro? So far, I've been relying on trial-and-error, but I know there has to be a better way. As I understand, a certain item is supported in a particu...

I misinterpreted the buzz about Puppy Linux version 5 and thought that all of the packages in the Ubuntu repository would be compatible. This turned out not to be the case. While Puppy Linux has a better repository than was the case before, it still cannot compete with antiX Linux (my main distro), ...

Thanks, big_bass. From your response, it sounds like Puppy Linux version 5 isn't for the user who wants access to the 26,000-package Debian or Ubuntu repository. Given this, I'm sticking with antiX Linux as my main distro. Just as antiX Linux needs the visibility (by being its own distro and not an ...

I downloaded the *.deb file for Synaptic and executed it, but that didn't fully install Synaptic. Although Synaptic appears in the menu, I can't get it to load. I tried entering "synaptic" in a shell but got the following error message: synaptic: error while loading shared libraries: libap...

I'm using version 5.0.0 as a frugal installation on a hard drive.

I downloaded Synaptic's *.deb file (i386 version) from http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/admin/synaptic . I executed the *.deb file. The Puppy package manager says that Synaptic is now installed, and it's even available in the main menu (setup section). However, when I try to run Synaptic, nothing ha...

Thanks for the suggestions. The flashblock.pet package I found through Puppysearch works!

I'm using Opera version 10.10.

Is there a package that allows you to block Flash? Every time my computer freezes up, it's due to Flash content on a web site. Is there a Flash blocker package for the new Puppy Linux?

The hardware requirements are listed at http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/ . Why are the hardware requirements higher for Linux than Windows? For Flash Player 10, the minimum processor requirement is 800 MHz for Linux but only 450-600 MHz for Windows. The minimum RAM requirement i...

Thanks, rjbrewer. I'll include the Windows 98 and other CDs that came with the computer, but I'll install Linux on it (probably Puppy Linux) and include the Linux CD as well. Thus, the new owner will get Linux as the default OS and the CD needed to reinstall but still have the option of using Window...

Please bear with me. This is the first time ever that I'm getting rid of a computer. The only thing I'm sure of is the need to thoroughly cleanse the data from the hard drive by using my trusty Boot and Nuke live CD. I have a 10-year-old Dell desktop that I bought new with Windows 98. Three years ag...